Where does “đưa ma” come from?

đưa ma (Vietnamese) comes from Vietnamese đám ma, from Vietnamese Mã, from Chinese 碼, from English Mark, from German mark, from Latin Mārcus, from Latin Martīnus, from Latin -īnus — adjectival suffix.

đưa ma (Vietnamese): to attend a funeral procession

Definitions

  1. to attend a funeral procession

Ancestry of “đưa ma”, step by step

đưa ma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Vietnamese đám ma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđám mafuneral
2VietnameseMã—
3Chinese碼—
4EnglishMarkAbbreviation of Markarian
5Germanmarkmark any of various European monetary units
6LatinMārcus—
7LatinMartīnus—
8Latin-īnusof or pertaining to; -ine
9Proto-Italic-īnosof/belonging to
10Proto-Indo-European-iHnosCreates adjectives of materials
11Proto-Indo-European-no-adjectival suffix

via Vietnamese đưa

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Vietnameseđưato bring, to take, to give, to hand
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -no- →Every word from Latin -īnus →Every word from Latin Martīnus →